Thursday, March 02, 2006
Rural Education in the News
The Google news alert for rural education.
Draft aims to bring rural kids' education in line
Shanghai Daily - Shanghai, China
The draft amendment to the Law on Compulsory Education, aiming to ensure a stable investment system for rural education, was tabled to lawmakers on Saturday in Beijing for the first review at the beginning of a four-day legislative session. The draft amendment to guarantee a nine-year free education for rural poor children will be deliberated for three rounds before being enacted. "Education resources are not distributed fairly. Disparity, existing among schools and regions, and between cities and the countryside, is growing every day," said Education Minister Zhou Ji.
800 school heads fired for overcharging pupils
Shanghai Daily - Shanghai, China
Altogether 794 school masters have been fired since 2003 in a campaign to curb unreasonable tuition and other charges - a rampant problem in some areas, Education Minister Zhou Ji announced yesterday. About US$159 million in overcharges has been returned, and 5,900 people have been disciplined, he said. Zhou told a press conference in Beijing that the government's campaign has effectively reduced overcharges. [See all stories on this topic]
Mechanism for education funds
China Daily - China
Compulsory education funding should be guaranteed by an accountability system, says a signed article in Dazhong Daily. An excerpt follows: The draft amendment to China's Law on Compulsory Education, aiming to ensure a stable investment system for rural education, was submitted to lawmakers last Saturday for the first review at the beginning of a four-day legislative session.
CEO profile: Patricia Kluge's legacy
Charlottesville Daily Progress - Charlottesville, VA, USA
Not many entrepreneurs would put an elegant, Parisian-style food market serving fleur verte tarts and artisan cheeses in the Virginia countryside. And, at first glance, the combination of a self-service gasoline station and white-linen restaurant seems out of place as well. But Patricia Kluge, one of Central Virginia’s best-known personalities, has always shown creative flair when it comes to her businesses - that ability to mix things up in a pleasing and unique way.
Greeneville School Board Members Discuss Getting Wireless ...
Greeneville Sun - Greeneville, TN, USA
A proposal to obtain wireless computers for all teachers in the Greeneville City School System was discussed Tuesday evening during the first day of the Greeneville Board of Education’s mid-year work session at the General Morgan Inn. Shana Neely, a salesperson with Gateway computers, demonstrated a tablet computer that is being considered as wireless technology for all city teachers. A tablet computer is a laptop that allows users to write on its screen with a stylus, or small pen-like instrument, and the work is displayed on a larger screen.
Tags: AERA, rural, education
Draft aims to bring rural kids' education in line
Shanghai Daily - Shanghai, China
The draft amendment to the Law on Compulsory Education, aiming to ensure a stable investment system for rural education, was tabled to lawmakers on Saturday in Beijing for the first review at the beginning of a four-day legislative session. The draft amendment to guarantee a nine-year free education for rural poor children will be deliberated for three rounds before being enacted. "Education resources are not distributed fairly. Disparity, existing among schools and regions, and between cities and the countryside, is growing every day," said Education Minister Zhou Ji.
800 school heads fired for overcharging pupils
Shanghai Daily - Shanghai, China
Altogether 794 school masters have been fired since 2003 in a campaign to curb unreasonable tuition and other charges - a rampant problem in some areas, Education Minister Zhou Ji announced yesterday. About US$159 million in overcharges has been returned, and 5,900 people have been disciplined, he said. Zhou told a press conference in Beijing that the government's campaign has effectively reduced overcharges. [See all stories on this topic]
Mechanism for education funds
China Daily - China
Compulsory education funding should be guaranteed by an accountability system, says a signed article in Dazhong Daily. An excerpt follows: The draft amendment to China's Law on Compulsory Education, aiming to ensure a stable investment system for rural education, was submitted to lawmakers last Saturday for the first review at the beginning of a four-day legislative session.
CEO profile: Patricia Kluge's legacy
Charlottesville Daily Progress - Charlottesville, VA, USA
Not many entrepreneurs would put an elegant, Parisian-style food market serving fleur verte tarts and artisan cheeses in the Virginia countryside. And, at first glance, the combination of a self-service gasoline station and white-linen restaurant seems out of place as well. But Patricia Kluge, one of Central Virginia’s best-known personalities, has always shown creative flair when it comes to her businesses - that ability to mix things up in a pleasing and unique way.
Greeneville School Board Members Discuss Getting Wireless ...
Greeneville Sun - Greeneville, TN, USA
A proposal to obtain wireless computers for all teachers in the Greeneville City School System was discussed Tuesday evening during the first day of the Greeneville Board of Education’s mid-year work session at the General Morgan Inn. Shana Neely, a salesperson with Gateway computers, demonstrated a tablet computer that is being considered as wireless technology for all city teachers. A tablet computer is a laptop that allows users to write on its screen with a stylus, or small pen-like instrument, and the work is displayed on a larger screen.
Tags: AERA, rural, education
